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CARL G. ORTIWIAYER, OFA CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,280, dated November 19, 1889.

Application filed May 25, 1889.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL G. OETMAYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hames, of which the following is a specification.

The lower end's of the haines as formerly constructed were made with a fiat inner surface or a rectangular cross-section, and consequently, owing to the inability of this form of hame to enter the hame-channel and fit between the roll and shoulder of the horsecollar, the hames were continually pulling out when the horses were backing up, and needing to be readjusted.

It is the object of my invention to so construct the llames at the lower end that they may fit closely into the channel between the shoulder and roll of the collar, and, being bound thereby, prevented from any possible loosening or slipping off, and I accomplish this matter in the manner hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the lower end of a hame made after the old manner of construction Fig. 2, asimilar view of my improved hame; Fig. 3, a section of a hame and collar, taken on the line 4E of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow; and Fig. 4, a similar section of Fig. 2, also taken on line 3, looking in the direction of the arrow.

A is the hame; B, the collar; C, a metallic part of the hame; D, the hame-strap loop; E, a metal plate or clip set into the upper part of the hame, (shown in Fig. 2,) and F a bolt for securing this plate to the hame.

My improved hame may be made of Wood or metal, as desired; but in what I consider the preferable construction it is made out of wood re-enforced by a metal strip. The hame runs full width to its end, and is beveled or rounded to an edge for its entire length, including its lower end, preferably on one side only, as shown in the drawings, though, if desired, it may be beveled on both sides. The strip C, which may be of iron, steel, or any other suitable material, is carried'beyond the end of the hame and turned back upon itself to form a ring to receive the hame-strap loop or square, then fastened to the under side of the wooden part of the hame, as shown. IVith the haines as formerly constructed, as will appear from an inspection of Fig. l, this metallic band was turned over and brought Serial No. 312,139. (No model.)

back upon the upper side of the hame and formed an obstruction, preventing the hame from entering the channel between the rim and the shoulder of the collar. In my construction the metallic strip does not touch the the collar, the end thereof is not intended to enter these parts at all. By this means a leverage is created, so that when the hamestrap is tightened the beveled edge is forced into the channel and firmly held.

To prevent the splitting or breaking away of the lower end of the hame, I prefer to use a metallic plate or clip E, some two or three inches in length, and, say, an inch in breadth, and preferably so curved as to be sunk iiush with the material of the hame and follow the bevel or curve thereof. This is preferably secured to the hame by means of the bolt or rivet F, passing through the plate and the hame, as shown in the drawings.

My invention is applied to the collar in the ordinary manner, and when strapped on the beveled edge of the hame will be inserted between the rim and shoulder of the collar, as shown in Fig. 4, and tightly held thereby, it being evident that the greater the pull or strain upon the hame the more it will tend to dig into the channel, all loosening or slipping being prevented.

I claimi l. A hame comprising a beveled wooden portion and a metallic strip, the metallic strip being extended beyond the end of the Wooden portion and turned back upon itself to form a ring for the hame-strap loop and fastened between the outside of the wooden portion and the back iron, to be out of contactlwith the remainder of the roll on horsecollar, substantially as described.

2. In ahame, the combination of a beveled wooden portion, a metallic strip extended beyond the end of the wooden portion and turned back upon itself tov form a ring for the hame-strap loop and fastened between the outside of the wooden portion and the back iron, to be out of contact with the remainder of the roll on horse-collar, and a Inetallic plate or clip fastened to the wooden portion at or near the lower end thereof, substantially as described.

CARL G. ORTMAYER.

Witnesses:

JAMEs THOMPSON, GEORGE S. PAYsoN.

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